Guest Artist Masterclass | George Li, piano

This School of Music event is free and open to the public. A livestream will be available (click on the Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall events in the right callout box). 

Photo: Simon Fowler

Artist Bio

Praised by the Washington Post for combining “staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression,” pianist George Li possesses an effortless grace, poised authority, and brilliant virtuosity far beyond his years. Since winning the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Li has rapidly established a major international reputation and performs regularly with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors.

In the 2024-25 season, Li makes debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra at SPAC, Minnesota and Belgian National orchestras, in season opening chamber recital with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, with the Hohhot Philharmonic and Xi’an Symphony orchestras in China, as well as the Charleston and Des Moines symphonies. Further engagements include returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Symphony Tacoma, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Pacific symphonies, as well as the Nordic Chamber Orchestra in Sweden to play-lead Mozart’s 23rd Piano Concerto and Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto. In recital, Li will appear in Montreal, Singapore, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Li is an exclusive Warner Classics recording artist, releasing his most recent album with the label, Movements, featuring solo works by Schumann, Ravel, and Stravinsky, in summer 2024 to critical acclaim. 

Li gave his first public performance at Boston’s Steinway Hall at the age of ten, and in 2011 performed for President Obama at the White House in an evening honoring Chancellor Angela Merkel. Among Li’s many prizes, he was the recipient of the 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, a recipient of the 2012 Gilmore Young Artist Award, and the First Prize winner of the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. In 2019, Li completed the Harvard/New England Conservatory dual degree program, with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a Master’s degree in Music studying with Wha Kyung Byun. He subsequently graduated with an Artist Diploma at New England Conservatory in 2022. When not playing piano, George is an avid reader and photographer, as well as a sports fanatic.